Europe and some of its cities has been one of the pioneers in combating food waste. Earlier this year, European Union (EU) Member States approved new EU waste rules which mandates bio-waste separate collection or recycle at source by 2023. In this article, we’d like to share with you a couple of top reads and resources on food waste specific to EU and its cities.

The report recommends increasing the number of EU Member States that measure food waste robustly to fill the data gaps that prevents accurate quantification of food waste. This is essential with the new recycling targets and mandates set by the EU which requires quantitative monitoring. The project also published Food waste quantification manual to support the Member States in developing coherent methods for acquiring domestic food waste data across sectors of the food chain.